Orphans and Abandoned Children

Europe/Central Asia

February 15, 2018 Dispatches

Russian Court Says Foster Mother Unfit Because of ‘Male Behavior’

Kaitlin Martin
Alfa Fellow, Europe and Central Asia Division
Europe/Central Asia

November 17, 2017 Dispatches

Russian Government Takes Children from Foster Mother Because of Breast Surgery

Kaitlin Martin
Alfa Fellow, Europe and Central Asia Division
Middle East/North Africa

October 9, 2017 Commentary

ISIS’s Other Victims

Belkis Wille
Senior Iraq and Qatar Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division

Published In: Foreign Policy

Reports More Reports

February 22, 2017

“When Will I Get to Go Home?”

Abuses and Discrimination against Children in Institutions and Lack of Access to Quality Inclusive Education in Armenia
September 8, 2016

“Why Are You Keeping Me Here?”

Unaccompanied Children Detained in Greece
July 28, 2016

Senegal: New Steps to Protect Talibés, Street Children

Sustain Momentum with Investigations, Prosecutions

News

September 25, 2017 News Release

Burma: Military Commits Crimes Against Humanity
September 20, 2017 News Release

Iraq/KRG: 1,400 Women, Children From ISIS Areas Detained

Bill Van Esveld
Senior Researcher, MENA, Children's Rights Division
May 21, 2017 Dispatches

Armenia Should Prioritize Children Over Orphanages

Jane Buchanan
Deputy Director, Disability Rights Division
April 24, 2017 Dispatches

What I Told My Son About Starving Children in Belarus Orphanages

Shantha Rau Barriga
Director, Disability Rights Division
July 28, 2016 Report

Senegal: New Steps to Protect Talibés, Street Children
June 8, 2016 Witness

Witness: As If My Child Were a Burden to Me

Birgit Schwarz
Senior Press Officer
June 8, 2016 News Release

Serbia: Children With Disabilities Neglected
May 27, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: A Gift From Japan to Its Children

Kanae Doi
Japan Director
November 18, 2014 Commentary

Child Treaty at 25: More to Be Done

Jo Becker
Advocacy Director, Children's Rights Division

Published In: Progressive Media Project
November 18, 2014 Dispatches

Dispatches: Greece - No Excuse for Caging Children

Eva Cossé
Western Europe researcher
November 17, 2014 Q & A

25th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
October 17, 2014 Commentary

Russia Must Rethink Orphanage System

Andrea Mazzarino
Researcher

Published In: CNN

Daily Brief

September 21, 2018

Plus: Turkey airport workers jailed for demanding better conditions; Mauritania charges activist who decried racism; telecommunications bill in Australia would threaten rights; unique opportunities for women foreign ministers’ summit; Hong Kong recognizes same sex couples on visas; closed trials for rights defender in Chechnya; and soldiers detained in connection with death of 9-year old in Somalia.